And pita with ketchup and velveeta is pizza
You’re cute.
Lazy cassoulet: lard, onions, flageolets cooked with green garlic stems, Kiolbasa sausage, d’Artagnan duck confit & magret, Fabrique Delices duck gizzards confit.
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Holey moley! I need to get more of those sausages - Costco, right?. That sounds so wonderful.
Always curious about cassoulet. What pot do you use? Any particular cooking methods?
I meant to ask what you grilled? The sausages?
It’s not really cassoulet. I’m too lazy.
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What are those black lines on the three steaks along the back?
shadows
LOL. I see now 
I hear ya’. I tried it once and it was a work out. It turned out well and tasted good but getting that crust on top with the luscious stew underneath is a practiced art - one not mastered by me.
Nobody noticed that we were grilling on gas on monday for that steak/salmon and gave me shit? Yall are slacking 
wasn’t at my home… we’ve used that grill a lot before and it never gives off any nastiness, so i’ guess @robert is right. the couple of places where the gas is gross (grill beef hearts at takatis come to mind) must need a good cleaning
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I saw it. I let it go because you’ve got some serious game on the grill and sometimes we do what we gotta do.
I have a BGE for smoking and a Fire Magic gas grill, which is great for weeknight grilling and really large parties. I’ve never noticed an off flavor from it. I actually preferred to cook expensive steaks on gas (before I switched to cast iron) because I wanted to taste the meat and felt that the smoke had a tendency to take over. To each his/her own.
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Thick steaks we almost always use cast iron. Got this ‘technique’ from jfood of CH.
"1 - let the steak come to room temperature for around 30 minutes out of the fridge
2 - Jfood suggests a VERY hot pan; most on the boards will tell you cast iron since it holds the heat best and will not lose temperature when you add the steak
3 - place the steak in the hot pan and do not touch it, do not push it, do not squeeze it. Just stand there and whistle a tune.
4 - When you see the edges get brown, flip it (this is called searing)
5 - place pan with the steak into a 400 degree oven to complete the cooking.
Invest in a thermometer at the beginning. Place through the side of the steak and check the temperature. jfood takes it out of the oven at 130 degrees. BTW - Be REAL careful using a potholder when you reach into the oven. Real freakin’ hot. Burns are not fun, but is a badge of graduation."
We did major remodels to two homes that already had natural gas so we had lines run to the deck/patio so we never have to run out of propane again. And we have a Brinkman smoker that uses wood “pucks” and I quickly discovered that I definitely don’t like mesquite.
Mesquite charcoal burns hotter, that’s the only culinarily significant difference between it and other natural charcoals.
I just don’t like the smell of mesquite. We have a Bradley smoker that uses “real” wood bisquettes. Liked all but the mesquite.
Oh, wood, not charcoal. Yeah, that’s too smoky.
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I definitely prefer cast iron steaks and is how i roll at home.
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Yes, I only quick grill like shishkabob on mesquite. clean burners for long smoke